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Datawrapper for VS Code

io.github.palewire/datawrapper-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and app for creating Datawrapper charts using AI assistants

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Datawrapper in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "datawrapper-access-token",
      "description": "DATAWRAPPER_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "datawrapper-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "datawrapper-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATAWRAPPER_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:datawrapper-access-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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